Montana’s first territory capital celebrates its past with Bannack Days
Lucas Baker is taught how to use a telegraph at Bannack State Park. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Judge Allen Williams from Wallace chases down an escaped criminal during a reenactment at Bannack State Park. (Tracy Scott/Valley Pres)
A reenactment of a shootout on Main Street at Bannack State Park. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Rebeccca Harrell performs with the Green Horns Band at Bannack State Park. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
The Bannack school house and Masonic Temple. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Shoshone native Clyde Hall has participated in Bannack reenactments for 26 years. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Nestled along Grasshopper Creek, among the foothills of the Pioneer Mountains, lies what is now know as Bannack State Park.
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